Bellows-support for photographic apparatus.



.0. E. HUTGHINGS. BBLLOWS SUPPORT FOR PHOTOGRAPHIGjAPPARATUS.

Patentd M21121, 1911. I

UNITED STATES Prlfll lllh it filililtlllll CHARLES E. HUTCHINGS, OF ROCHESTER, NE'W' YDEK, ASEIGNGR TO EASTIlIAN HGDAK COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEVI YORK, A CORPGEATION OI NEVJ YORK.

BELLOVV -SUPPORT FORPHOTOGRfiPHIC APPARATUS.

987,232. Specification of Tietterslfitm Patented Mar. 21; 1911.

Application filed September 28, 1903. Serial 160. 519.946 To (Lillie/mm it may concern: hotly frame 1 the latter being also movable Boil; known that 1 Cinnziins E, Hnron on the main body 5 and, if desired, on] El Inns, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe suitable detachable extension thereof (not and State of New York, have invented cershown), all for Well understood focusing 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Belpurposes. The bed 3 is, in the present in- 20 lows-Supports for Photographic Appetite stance, hinged to the body 5 at 6 and artus; and I do hereby declare the following ranged to told as shown in Fig. 1 against to be it full, clear, and exact description of the front when the letter is retracted the SLIHC, reference being had to the ac against the body frame 1 and to be secured 0 con'ipanying drawings, forming a part of thereto by a device 7. i 65 "the specification, and to the numerals A hollows 8 is connected at 9 to and marked thereon. supported at its forward end on a lens board My present invention relates to phoil'rzmie 10 Which seats the lens (not shown) tog'rsphy and ithos for its object to pro utll anal f: itself; in the present lHSl'lUlflh 15 vide a. simple and ellicient device in cominovohle vertically on the front i. .Qhe 7Q hinzition with such photographic apparatus rear incl of (in bellows is similarly oonas employ extensible bellows for bracing the I neetefl with the hotly frame 1 til. 12 shown intern'ietliate portions of the latter and sup in. l 2.

v ing them against; sagging when in an In the practice of my lllu'Oi'llllOl'l, a spring "0 tended, or more particularly, partially 6X- j )l'CSSQ(l supporting brace 18 is pivoted at lei- 2'5 lencieth condition. 1 on 2: her 15' tfflii'l'let'l, on the rem. or inner siilc To these and other ends the invention ot' the lens hoard frznne 1th the tendency to consists in certain improvements and commovement of the hroee being upward so i'iations of parts all as Will he hereinafter l i more fully descrihech the novel features hein g; pointed out in the claims at the end of the s QQll 'lCltlOIl.

in the (jllHWiDgSf Figure l. is a side elemtion of plmtogrnphic apparatus of o type 5.11;? to which. my improvements are applicable shown in 'ioltlotl position. Fig. 2 is a siiniizn View, the e' apni'zitus being shown portly that, in the tohlell position of the camera parts it assumes an angular positiouwvithin 8 the body frame fl, es shown in Fig. 2, permitted hy the (hlierei'ice in oil the trainee the frmne l0 heir the smaller. l l hen the lat te is inovetl outwardly on the front l-to the i position 'ot Fin. 3 and the supports of the 8 lellows ends are thus sepurstell itis Well known to those skilled in the art that the inti-"rniezilinte portimis the ll)0ll(. are apt to sugnml it tl 3v (lo so to any gr "eatextent, they will. intercept; the cone oi light from O the cznnerzi lens :unl ohscurc portions of the held of exposure. This is 'mrticulznly so in 'ituclinal central section to illustrate, in lQt i position, a bellows sirnporting Clevice (onstructetl in senor-wince with and "n ei'nhctliinent of. my invene sin'iilsr elevation hot with ion.

L e I i l V 1 -e n 'iparetns ,x'teutlecl including the helwhen the bellow is extendeo less than ion to are shown partly in se: inn cuuuclt v :nul hence under little or the supporting lumen and, Fig. nuo'uini Sll'tllll Whieh would tend to a, ll horizontal section through. one o-Llt r sullen 1t. liith the presert the .ruines to which the. ends the bellows 1 is, hon ever, the brace 13 zzssuines "alien snhstontiall; on the line l ly hoi mntal position of Fig. the bellows. when the letter are l longitudinally along" loo nee nun'ierzils in the several 12 the some parts. l 3h my iinprtwe ie'nts are applicable all iotogmphic ap lliences em n, it Jilted the present exen1- oili n 162.18 thereof in connection with l on toafol-Clingcaniemenr- 'lj/tinineorport l,haclij2onei hetl 3 upon which. letter is opted to travel. front tom-11ml ml from the pressure upon the preventany sagthe image, With to dish en oil of the brace which re-asposition of Fig. 2.

In n preferred eonstruction of the Ge tails of the brace 13, I form it in the nature of e. yoke of one continuous piece of spring 110 the camera, the loncl of the 105 wire, the arms 13 of the yoke being wound about the bar 15 at let to constitute torsional coiled springs the extremities 16 acting against the supportingframe 10, as shown. The connect-ing portion 17 of the yoke is preferably offset in a diflerent plane to render it durable in its contact with the camera back or other parts when in the folded position of Fig. 2.

A device constructed in accordance with my invention and offering the advantages of my improvements may be furnished at an insignificant cost and may be attached, it is pointed out, to most any bellows, whether figured in the original construct-ion of the camera or other apparatus, or not.

The improvement will show its value more particularly after the bellows has been in use fora considerable length of time and a limpness of the material has taken the place of the stiffness present when the parts are new.

I claim as my invention.

1. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a bellows and two relatively movable supports connected with the ends thereof, of a brace for the bellows when extended, embodying a transverse portion engaging the latter at an intermediate point and supporting arms for such portion carried on one of the supports and projecting longitudinally of the bellows.

2. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a bellows and two relatively movable supports connected with the ends thereof, of a brace for the bellows when extended, arranged interiorly thereof and engaging the latter at an intermediate point, said brace embodying an arm pivoted to one of the supports independently of the other.

3. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a bellows and two relatively movable supports connected, with the ends thereof, of a spring actuated brace for the bellows when extended, arranged interi'orly thereof and tending to move against and reyoke on the interior of the siliently support the latter at an intermediate point, said brace being carried by one of the supports.

I. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a bellows and two relatively movable supports connected with the ends thereof, of a spring actuated. brace for the bellows when extended, arranged interiorlv thereof and tending to move against and resiliently support the latter at an intermediate point, said brace being carriedby one of the supports and adapted to automati cally assume an inoperative position within and against the other and out of contact with the bellows when said supports are movcd'together to fold the bellows and relieve the load on the brace.

5. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a bellows and two relatively movable supporting frames connected with the ends thereof, one of said frames bein smaller than the other, of a spring actuate brace for the-bellows when extended, arranged interiorly thereof and engaging the latter, at an intermidate point,-said brace being carried by the smaller frame to extend substantially horizontally when in operative position and being adapted to swing upwardly to an inoperative position within and against the larger frame when said frames are moved together to fold the bellows and relieve the load on the brace.

(3. In a photographic apparatus, the com bination with a bellows and a. supportin frame at one end thereof, of a spring presse bellows comprising arms and a connecting portion at their outer ends, the latt r extending transversely of the bellows and tending to move against and resiliently support the same, and a. bar on the frame upon which the inner ends of the arms are pivoted.

CHARLES E.

\Vitnesses:

RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH, War/ran B. PAYNE.

HUTCHINGS. 

